My mother's sister and my aunt is the person who I admire the most. Her life can be a good example of a person who has suffered a lot, but never asked for help as asking for help was symbol of weakness for her. ... My uncle was a hardworking person and he also respects her a lot. ... My aunt is a person who taught me how to live life in without feeling helpless and with pride. ... I've learned if we pray for someone else than us God listens to us and give it to the person earlier. ...

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A person in public life who I respect very highly is my best friend, advocate, and sister, Mahana Pierre. ... WE even decided that we would become roommates the upcoming fall, and it was then when I noticed Mahana was truly an awe inspiring person. ... Mahana always gave me good advice when I needed a friend, and she helped me make it through a thought time in my life. ...

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But since I have to write a one sentence philosophy on life, this is what I shall do. ... But at the same time, I am a free person to express my feelings and thoughts to any one I wish. I am a happy person with no hatred towards others, and I would like other people to feel the same way. Nothing is better than being a free and independent person, who take total responsibly for his or her actions. ... I want to live my life with a full awareness of the truth, no delusions or fantasies. ...

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Religion is very important to people because it gives them a reason to continue on in life, or to strive to be the best person they can be. ... Kumar, a Muslim mystic, brought Islam into Pi's life and taught him how to pray in Islam. ... Long periods of time alone will drive any normal person mad. ... "Many people seem to lose God along life's way. ... Religion is a heavily touched up theme in Martel's Life of Pi because it provides a sense of reason for Pi to continue on with his life. ...

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STUDIES IN RELIGION To me the statement "to serve is an option but should be a way of life" means that everyone should believe in the Lord and involve him in all aspects of their life. It also means you should do many things during your life. ... So for many people it is not a way of life that they have chosen. However for many others it is a way of everyday life. I truly believe that it is up to the individual person whether or not serving the Lord is a way of his or her own life. ...

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She was also another person who was taught the Calvinistic views of Protestantism; however, she was ahead of her time as her father saw to it that she was well educated. ... If it wasn't the will of the person it was the will of God, and that just had to be accepted. ...

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There are experiences which can be life changing usually called conversion experiences. ... An experience which is life changing is often referred to as a conversion experience. ... The advantages of trying to prove the existence of God from a conversion experience is the fact that the change in a person's life is evident and the change can be verified by the people who are close to that person. ... The change in the persons life could be caused be psychological reasons. ... It is often thought that a person sees the present wrongness in their life and feels that the change they have ...

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The young woman fails to see that there is much more to life than what you can learn in a book. ... (T) She thinks she has within herself everything she needs to be a functionally complete person, so she lacks proper communication with God. ... Hopewell was supposedly a "good" person but did not value religion, and the bible salesman was not a "good" person but he posed as a religious figure. From O"Connor's point of view, having a religion does not make a person good, and good people don't always have religion. ... In life, book smarts mean very little compared with experience and ...

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If my life was in danger and it came down to killing someone, I would kill that person. I am not going to just stand there and let that person kill me. ... (Benko, notes) How would an unjustly person be able to live a better life or be remember as better, if what he or she was doing was wrong? ... Plato believes that the good and just person will live a public life and help to create a good state. Aristotle believes that the good life can only be lived as a public life. ...

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Hawthorne writes about how Goodman Brown loses his innocence, as well as his faith in God, due to the sin in his life. ... Foreshadowing in the story, predicts the importance of Goodman Brown's journey in the woods, and the transformation he goes through as a person. ... When Brown reaches the forest he meets a person with a serpent-like staff; which begins the decline of him losing his faith. ... The person he meets in the woods, known as the "fellow traveler", is certainly the devil since he travels from Boston to Salem, in fifteen minutes. This person also tries to tempt Good...

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Often Jesus and God were seen as the same person. ... She created a new person in herself and it was brought to the outside. ... Basically, she was giving her life to Jesus by becoming "saved". ... The nectar was a symbol of how sweet life is. ... They may be seen as sustainment of all life or owning all that exists. ...

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What it means to be a Christian is how each and every person chooses their life with God and their relationship with God. Every one is entitled to have their own opinion on being a Christian and how they want to live their life accordingly. As a Christian my life project is to live always with great expectations. 4. ... I believe that once you are dead your life will be happy and filled with new adventure. ... He is not only a priest but my uncle and I see all of the great things he does just as a person, not to mention what he does as a priest. ...

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Sermons were very important and strived to get into the person showing much emotional to the intellectual life of the Puritans, these were rarely less than an hour long; Times of prayer could also be as long. ... In keeping with their belief that every area of life should be molded by Christian principles, the Puritans saw all honorable work as a means of glorifying God. All of life was God's, and there was no distinction between secular and sacred work. God calls each person to a particular work or living, and the Christian should act on talents and gifts God has given him. ... Puritans ...

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Through analyzing the answers to these questions, a person can better understand the main beliefs and tenants of a worldview. ... A person who holds Theism as his or her worldview believes in a higher power and, eventually, an afterlife. ... Once a person can grasp on to the points of theism, all of his or her decisions are based off of God's will. ... There starts to become a meaning to life and with all the troubles life has to offer, one day it will all be worth it. ... Each person has a different way of thinking, therefore, everybody views their time spent on this earth differently....

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A person must decide if God does truly exist. ... The thesis is perhaps confusing to the person who only reads that sentence. ... The method of development is description in the form of a "game" that Pascal lives his mathematical life by. The reason he wrote this essay might be traced back to a time in his life when he found the essence of religion and conjured something genuine that he could relate to his life. ... If one was to disagree with Pascal's argument, that person would then be disagreeing with math which is foolish. ...

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(ESSAY) Socrates and Epicurus had different teachings in regards to the human soul, which support immensely different ideas of what the pursuit should be in a person's life. ... Epicurus believed that the soul was not immortal; he taught that the most important goal in life was to achieve happiness during your physical life. ... Epicurus criticizes some of these attempts: The irreligious man I s not the person who destroys the gods of the masses but the person who imposes the ideas of the masses on the gods .. ... He feels that if a man has spent his life searching for the truth and liv...

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However, if a person relies on logic and fact, that person is a rationalist. ... The question arises how can a person prove this? ... I firmly believe that there is a holy God, and this supernatural being is involved in our every day life. ... Using an empirical mind a person is just focused on their senses and then that person is limited to just their senses. ... For instances if God kills a person now, maybe in a couple years that person took the suffering away from many others. ...

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You have a fifty fifty chance that a life of compromises will pay off after death. ... Wager your life for God because in the end nothing else matters. ... If God does exist, then you will have gained everlasting life and happiness. ... Living a Christian life, one of love and passion, will allow you to be a better person. ... The ways of the secular world will not allow you to be a complete person full of joy and love: the ways of the secular world will, in relation to Pascal and "The Wager", not lead to happiness. ...

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._ realizes that he had been treating Celie very poor and as if she was an object rather than a person. At the end of the novel, Celie and Mr._ rekindle their relationship and in order for Celie to move past the trauma in her life she must forgive Mr._. ... In order for Celie to move on and past the trauma in her life to become the confident and self-loving person she wants to be she must forgive Mr._. ... This is an example of just how powerful the Character Celie is in the novel, it shows that she started her life off in a cycle of abuse and then through hardships turned her life into somet...

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She is believed to rule over fertility and disease and thus over life and death. ... Karma determines how you will live your next life. ... These are called the "four aims of Hinduism", or " the doctrines of the fourfold end of life". ... Dharma, which is more none than the others, is about righteousness in their religious life. Artha is the success in their economic life, material prosperity. ...

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If a person hears God and thinks guy who lets me do whatever I want and be forgiven for it later, that person needs to have a serious talk with the man Himself. Romans 8:13 states, "For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die" (Life application study bible, 2041). ... The thoughts which enter one's mind when contemplating God will determine whether or not that person is a true believer in Christ, a doubting Thomas, or an atheist. ... Romans 2:24 states, "as it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the gentiles because of you" (Life Application Study Bible, 2...

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Someone once said ""the only person that likes change, is a baby with a wet nappy". ... Well, we all face change in our life, some changes are great, others are small but nether less there will always be change. ... Someone once said ""the only person that likes change, is a baby with a wet nappy". ... Well, we all face change in our life, some changes are great, others are small but nether less there will always be change. ...

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He is considered to be the most unique person of all time. ... He was a spirit person, which is a person with a deep unexplainable connection with the spirit of God. ... Another thing that we know about the historical Jesus was that he did not live a long life and died in his thirties. ... Jesus" teachings were more influential that any part of His life. ... In teaching people the Kingdom of God and how He led His life, Jesus led people to God. ...

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He is considered to be the most unique person of all time. ... He was a spirit person, which is a person with a deep unexplainable connection with the spirit of God. ... Another thing that we know about the historical Jesus was that he did not live a long life and died in his thirties. ... Jesus" teachings were more influential that any part of His life. ... In teaching people the Kingdom of God and how He led His life, Jesus led people to God. ...

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He even explains how happiness is different for every person, and each different type of person has a different idea of eudaimonia. ... Thus, according to Aristotle, a happy life for human beings is a life governed by reason. Aristotle believed that a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. His ideal person practices the "golden mean of moderation." ... Hence, a person who acts for his or her own well must also act for the good of all fellow citizens. ...

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